Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the riots, reference has been made to 22,000 hours of footage but surely it is not being suggested that those 22,000 hours of footage would be scanned and every single face processed. Scenario No. 3 of the European Data Protection Board guidelines on FRT and law enforcement deals with the example of a riot or protest. The guidelines clearly state that a generic national legal basis will not meet EU law requirements but even if there was a legal basis, it would not meet the EU law's necessity and proportionality requirements. How would violent disorder be policed using facial recognition technology without breaching EU law?